Curriculum Vitae - Instytut Socjologii UW

Updated: January 31, 2017
Curriculum Vitae
Wojciech Rafałowski, Ph.D.
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Wojciech Marek Rafałowski
12th May 1986; Warsaw
Instytut Socjologii UW, 00-927 Warszawa, ul. Karowa 18
+48 505 689 363
[email protected]
Education:
2010-2014:
2005-2010:
Ph.D. in sociology at the Institute of Sociology, University of
Warsaw.
Thesis: “Party system fragmentation and polarization in
post-communist countries”, supervised by prof. Jacek
Raciborski.
M. A. (with Distinction) in Sociology, Institute of Sociology,
University of Warsaw. Average 5-year grade: 4.93 (scale 2-5).
Thesis: “Electoral system as a factor determining party
system in post-communist countries”, supervised by prof.
Jacek Raciborski.
Positions held:
Since 2015
2010-2014:
2010:
2008 and 2010:
Assistant Professor, Institute of Sociology, University of
Warsaw
Research Assistant, ERC Starting Grant “Public Goods
through Private Eyes. Exploring Citizens’ Attitudes to Public
Goods and the State in Central Eastern Europe” (Principal
Investigator: Natalia Letki, D.Phil.), Faculty of Philosophy and
Sociology, University of Warsaw.
Junior Analyst at Gemius S.A.: Preparing, computing
and publishing data about traffic in Turkish Internet.
Polish Central Examination Commission and PBS DGA:
Coding questionnaires in a study of pupils of 3rd class of
Primary School. (Both times over 1200 questionnaires.)
Prizes and funding:
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“Florian Znaniecki Prize 2010”, II degree for the M.A. thesis awarded by the Polish
Sociological Association.
“Development of methods for the analysis of the determinants of fragmentation and
polarization of party systems”, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw, 5000
PLN, 2012-2013.
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“Party system dynamics in times of crisis – conceptualization” Institute of Sociology,
University of Warsaw, 3000 PLN, 2014-2015.
“Empirical indices and correlates of the institutionalization of political competition in
democracies” Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw, 6100 PLN, 2015-2016.
“Social foundations of political radicalism” Institute of Sociology, University of
Warsaw, 6000 PLN, 2016-2017.
“What and how do political parties say on the Internet? Exploratory insight into
Facebook fanpages of Polish political parties” Institute of Sociology, University of
Warsaw, 6500 PLN, 2016-2017.
Academic publications
a) Under review
 Research article: State Identity in Europe Today: Some Determinants” (with Jacek
Raciborski), submitted to International Political Sociology.
b) Accepted for publishing
a. Book: “Opisywanie i wyjaśnianie systemu partyjnego. Problem pomiaru”
[Describing and explaining a party system. Methods of measurement], in press by
Oficyna Wydawnicza ASPRA-JR.
b. Book chapter “Efekty rządzenia a identyfikacja z państwem” [Effects of
governance and state identification], in: Jacek Raciborski (ed.), Państwo
współczesne: style rządzenia [The Contemporary State: Styles of Governance], in
press by NOMOS.
c) Published
a. Peer reviewed
 “The Quality of Government and National Identification” Polish Sociological
Review 4(196)/2016.
 “Polaryzacja systemów partyjnych w krajach pokomunistycznych” [Party system
polarization in post-communist countries] Studia Polityczne 1(41)/2016.
 “Pozycja prezydenta w systemach politycznych krajów pokomunistycznych
a fragmentacja systemu partyjnego” [The Role of a President in Political Systems
of Post-Communist Countries and the Party System Fragmentation]. Studia
Socjologiczne 4/2015.
 “Kryzys gospodarczy a fragmentacja europejskich systemów partyjnych”
[Economic crisis and fragmentation of European party systems]. Studia
Socjologiczno-Polityczne 1(03)/2015.
 “Instytucjonalizacja systemów partyjnych a konsekwencje ordynacji wyborczych.
Analiza porównawcza na materiale z krajów pokomunistycznych” [Party system
institutionalization and consequences of electoral laws. Comparative analysis in
post-communist countries]. Studia Polityczne 1(37)/2015.
 “Politologiczne i socjologiczne teorie fragmentacji systemów partyjnych:
od izolacji do interakcji” [Theories of party system fragmentation in political
science and sociology: From isolation to interaction]. Studia Socjologiczne 3/2013
(210).
 “Wpływ systemu wyborczego na system partyjny w krajach pokomunistycznych”
[Effect of electoral system on party system in post-communist countries], Decyzje
14 (2010).
b. Book chapters & other
 Recenzja książki Marka M. Kamińskiego „Ordynacje większościowe i JOW-y.
Kompendium reformatora ordynacji wyborczej” [Book review: Marek M.
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Kamiński “Majoritarian electoral systems and SMDs. A guide for a reforming the
electoral system”] Decyzje 25(2016).
“Recenzja książki pod redakcją Geoffreya Evansa oraz Nana Dirka de Graafa
Political Choice Matters. Explaining the Strength of Class and Religious
Cleavages in Cross-National Perspective (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2013)” [Book review: Geoffrey Evans and Nan Dirk de Graaf (eds.), Political
Choice Matters. Explaining the Strength of Class and Religious Cleavages in
Cross-National Perspective…], Studia Socjologiczno-Polityczne. Seria Nowa 1
(2014).
“Polityka i władza” [Politics and Power] (with Przemysław Sadura), in:
Współczesne społeczeństwo polskie [Contemporary Polish Society], Anna Giza
and Małgorzata Sikorska (eds.), Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN (2012).
“Fragmentacja poradzieckich systemów
partyjnych w perspektywie
neoinstytucjonalnej” [Post-soviet party system fragmentation in newinstitutionalist perspective], in: 20 lat rzeczywistości poradzieckiej. Spojrzenie
socjologiczne [20 years of post-soviet reality. A sociological overview],
Małgorzata Głowacka-Grajper and Robert Wyszyński (eds.), Warszawa:
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (2012).
“Klasyfikacje systemów wyborczych państw pokomunistycznych: porównanie
mocy analitycznej i predykcyjnej” [Classifying of electoral systems in postcommunist countries: A comparison of analytical and predictive power], Studia
wyborcze X (2010).
“Kwestia zgodności preferencji wyborczych w ramach gospodarstwa domowego”
[The coherence of electoral preferences of household members], in: Praktyki
obywatelskie Polaków [Civic habits of Poles], Jacek Raciborski (ed.),
Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, Warszawa 2010.
“Przyczynek do kwestii racjonalności obywateli: system wyborczy a preferencje”
[A contribution to the citizens’ rationality: The electoral systems and political
preferences], in: Praktyki obywatelskie Polaków [Civic habits of Poles], Jacek
Raciborski (ed.), Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, Warszawa 2010.
Scholarships:
2012-2013
2012-2014
2010-2014
since 2010
2006-2010
Ph.D. candidate scholarship awarded to the best doctoral
students and junior PhDs, University of Warsaw (2nd place
among candidates from all University faculties);
Academic achievement award, University of Warsaw;
Best Ph.D. candidate scholarship, Institute of Sociology,
University of Warsaw;
Fully-funded Ph.D. studentship, Institute of Sociology,
University of Warsaw;
Scientific scholarship granted by the University of Warsaw for
top results.
General research interests:
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comparative party politics and social bases of electoral competition
post-authoritarian transformation and legacy
contemporary state
quantitative measurement methods in political science
Updated: January 31, 2017
Conference participation:
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“Institutionalization: the concept, its application to party systems and measurement”
“Держава та глобальні соціальні зміни: 25 років української незалежності”
conference in Kiev at the National technical university of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic
Institute”, 29-30 November 2016.
“Społeczne podstawy radykalizmu politycznego” [Social foundations of political
radicalism] “Polska po wyborach – polityczne, społeczne i psychologiczne
konsekwencje elekcji 2015 roku” conference in Wisła, Poland organized by
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach and Uniwersytet SWPS, 27-28 October 2016.
“Does the political context moderate the consequences of electoral laws? Linking
party system institutionalization and fragmentation” “Історична соціологія
цивілізацій: модерн поміж демократією та нерівністю” conference in Kiev at the
National technical university of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, 30-31 May
2016.
“Efekty rządzenia a identyfikacja z państwem” [Effects of governance and state
identification”] Ogólnopolska konferencja naukowa „Kryzys i potęga państwa –
doświadczenia Polski” Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw, 26-27 April
2016.
“Policy evaluation and state identification” “The state and global social change:
historical sociology of domination and resistance in the era of modernity” conference
in Kiev at the National technical university of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”,
26-27 November 2015.
“Measuring changes to the state budget in Poland. Demonstration of the method” – at
the IV International Conference “Social and political configurations of modernity:
political power in Ukraine and in global dimension” in Kiev at the National technical
university of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, 3-4 June 2015.
“Party system change in times of crisis. Evidence from European countries” – at the
4th Global International Studies Conference 2014 in Frankfurt am Main (Goethe
University), 6-9 August 2014.
“How presidentalism affects the number of parties? Evidence from post-communist
countries” at the ECPR Graduate Student Conference at the University of Innsbruck,
3-5 July 2014.
“Psychological and mechanical consequences of electoral laws in weakly
institutionalized party systems” at the “Challenges of Transition: the Post-communist
Experience(s)” conference at the University of Bucharest, 30-31 May 2014.
“Communist legacies and the psychological and mechanical consequences of the
electoral systems” at the 72nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association
Conference in Chicago, 3-6 April 2014.
“Economic crisis and number of parties in European party systems” at the 2013
EUDO Dissemination Conference „Elections in Europe in Times of Crisis” in
Florence, 28-29 November 2013.
“How does the communist legacy influence party system fragmentation?” at the Polish
Sociological Association Congress in Szczecin, 11-14 September 2013.
„The Interaction of Formal and Informal Factors Shaping Party System
Fragmentation. A Framework for Analysis” at the „Formality and Informality: from
Decoupling to Entanglement” Conference in Warsaw, 13-14 May 2013.
„A new institutional framework for empirical research on factors determining party
system fragmentation” at the „9th New Institutionalism Workshop” in Warsaw, 14-15
March 2013.
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„System partyjny w Indiach. O tym, jak wyjątek od prawa Duvergera stał się
motorem rozwoju teorii politologicznych” [Party system in India. How an exception
from the Duverger’s Law became an incentive for development of political science
theory] at the Polish General Conference of Ph.D. candidates and students:
“Commonwealth Yesterday and Today: Politics, Culture and Society” in Łódź, 21-22
November 2012.
„Ewolucja teorii wyjaśniających fragmentację systemów partyjnych: instytucje
polityczne, podziały społeczne i interakcja między nimi” [Evolution of party system
fragmentation theory: Political institutions, cleavages and their interaction], at the 2nd
Polish Political Science Congress in Poznań, 19-21 September 2012.
Research project participation:
since 2015
2013-2017
2012-2013
2011-2013
since 2010
2009-2010
“The European Campaign Dynamics Project” – project
conducted at the University of Mannheim, led by Marc Debus,
Zeynep Somer-Topcu amd Margit Tavits. Country research
assistant.
“The Contemporary State: Styles of Governance” – grant
awarded by the Polish National Science Centre to prof. Jacek
Raciborski, University of Warsaw. Team member.
“Development of methods for the analysis of the determinants
of fragmentation and polarization of party systems” – grant
awarded by the Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw.
Principal Investigator.
“From Values to Interests? The Evolution of Party
Competition in New Democracies” (paper published in
Journal of Politics 2014 Vol. 76 No. 1) – project developed by
Margit Tavits (Washington University in St. Louis) and
Natalia Letki (University of Warsaw). Research Assistant.
“Public Goods through Private Eyes. Exploring Citizens’
Attitudes to Public Goods and the State in Central Eastern
Europe” – ERC Starting Grant awarded to Natalia Letki,
University of Warsaw. Project Assistant.
“Citizenship in sociological perspective” – grant awarded by
the Ministry of Science and Higher Education awarded to prof.
Jacek Raciborski, University of Warsaw. Team member.
Courses and Winter Schools:
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ERC Workshop on Research Data Management and Sharing on 18-19 September
2014, ERCEA (Covent Garden, Place Rogier, Brussels)
3rd ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, University of Vienna, Austria,
16-21 February 2014. Course: “Advanced Discrete Choice Modeling”. (Instructor:
Paul W. Thurner).
2nd ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, University of Vienna, Austria,
17-22.02.2013. Courses: “Multilevel Regression Modelling” (Instructor: Levente
Littvay) and “Introduction to STATA” (Instructor: David Johann).
Updated: January 31, 2017
Teaching experience:
2016-2017
2015-2017
2010-2013, 2014-2017
2010-2011
Graduate level: “Macro-data analysis in comparative
research”; “Political consequences of SMD-based electoral
systems. Contextual factors shaping the functioning of formal
institutions” seminar; Master seminar. Undergraduate level:
“Electoral systems and party systems in democracies”
Bachelor seminar (undergraduate level)
“Institutions, processes and systems: macrosociology”
(undergraduate level)
“Data analysis using SPSS” (undergraduate level)
Organizational work:
Since 2016
Since November 2013
March 2013
Since 2011
Coordinator for the undergraduate specialization path “Politics
and demoracy”, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw.
Member of an editorial board of a scientificl journal Studia
Socjologiczno-Polityczne. Seria Nowa [Political and
Sociological Studies. New Edition]
Organizational committee of “9th New Institutionalism
Workshop” organized by the Institute of Social Prevention and
Resocialisation, University of Warsaw and the Newinstitutionalism Network.
Coordinator for the graduate specialization path “Sociology of
politics, state, and public life”, Institute of Sociology,
University of Warsaw.
Other skills:
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Dana analysis in STATA 12 and SPSS 21 for Windows.
Administrative competences connected with handling an ERC-funded project.
Experience with Bash interface in UNIX systems.
Languages:
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Polish (native)
English (fluent)
French (intermediate)
Russian, Latin (basic)
Hobbies:
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healthy lifestyle and fitness
civil aviation
public transportation systems